Kenta Yumiya battles in a tournament and is later ambushed by the bullying Face Hunters gang, until traveling blader Gingka Hagane intervenes with his Storm Pegasus and routs them single-handedly. Gingka shares his philosophy of the Blader's Spirit with Kenta, then survives a revenge kidnapping and a hundred-blade gauntlet. Face Hunters leader Kyoya Tategami emerges afterward, declaring Gingka a worthy future rival.

What happens

• Kenta is ambushed by the Face Hunters after placing in a tournament's quarterfinals.
• Gingka Hagane debuts, defeating all five Face Hunters single-handedly with Storm Pegasus.
• Gingka explains his Blader's Spirit philosophy to Kenta.
• The Face Hunters capture Gingka in revenge and force a 1-vs-100 battle.
• Gingka wins the 100-blader gauntlet, and Kyoya Tategami reveals himself as a future rival.

Battles

• Gingka Hagane vs Face Hunters (5) — Gingka wins
• Gingka Hagane vs 100 Face Hunter Beys — Gingka wins

First appearances

Character: Gingka HaganeCharacter: Kenta YumiyaCharacter: Benkei HanawaCharacter: Kyoya TategamiCharacter: Face HuntersCharacter: OsamuCharacter: TakashiCharacter: AkiraCharacter: Blader DJBeyblade: Storm Pegasus 105RFBeyblade: Flame Sagittario C145SBeyblade: Rock Leone 145WBBeyblade: Clay Northern Cross 125FSBeyblade: Heat Cetus 125FSBeyblade: Heat Crow 145HFBeyblade: Heat Hydra 125FSBeyblade: Heat Northern Cross 125FS

Places

Metal Bey Citya water tower

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

• The dub cuts a shot of a Face Hunter getting hit in the groin by his own Bey.
• Gingka's Beypointer displays inconsistent numbers between the dub and the original after his 100-blader win.
• The dub adds a joke about a Face Hunter having brunch reservations.
• This is the only episode where the dub's title card omits the "Hybrid Wheel" text from Pegasus's stickers.